Show UNClE JOE GAME CAME BACK IN THE OlD OlD WAY NAY NOTHING LEFT OF OP HiM Hi BUT A S W OlD M MAN N AND NE NERVE VE F At 79 He W Works Like Slave to Win Another Nomination Nomination Nomina Nomina- tion lion If Elected Says the Writer He Wont ont Live to Serve His Term How the Famous Speaker Carried His District at Recent Primaries By W. W S. S ZU Staff Start Special DANVILLE Ill III Sept A A good natured but tired and old old very very old man old man save mo me 10 a a limp handshake when I walked into Undo Uncle Joe Cannons Cannon's office In Danville Dan Dan- yule ville The one time speaker of or the hou houses o had Just won the Republican nomination as congressman from the tho EI Eighteenth Illinois district by votes vote So on my wn way to Danville I had pictured an old man enthusiastic and arid elated the eluted the ripping old Joe Cannon of ot a H. year ear ago at Washington But I was shocked when I saw aw the tius man roan Ills HIs blue eyes yes were filmy with age and the lid lids drooped wearily Ho lie stooped when he got ot out of oC his hla chair Then he hue remembered and tried to throw his shoulders shoulders ders back in tho tue familiar attitude and his cI cigar ar trembling took the old elevation eleva eiva- lion tion of or 70 o 0 degrees In Irs spite of tho tim forced pose he ho 10 stood worn and haggard hagard The Tue only touch of color in his cheeks was caused b by telltale red rell arteries which shone brightly through transparent skin Ho He has won von the nomination hut Joeeph Joseph Joseph Jo Jo- seph Gurney Curney Cannon as I saw MW him will not enjoy enjo it long If Ir elected ho hI will never nevor finish his hIs' two t year ear term In congress con con- gress It gress If Indeed he lie takes t. his scat seaL Thus today the man who ruled congress con- con gresa gress with a n rod of Iron two years yeans ear ago 30 who defied a president who did lid so 50 much for forestell vested tested interests In 11 Washington He lie passed his hand over that patch of or scattering gray hairs which droops over o his forehead and took toole a fresh grip on oR tile the long cigar His Ills thin bloodless lips tips broke into a a. smile But his eyes did not smile They Thoy remained wear weary weary glazed glazed We talked for a moment about bout the of his majority I tell you and orld his lila eyes brightened Republicans are arc tired of ot this administration adminis and man many Democrats arc not pleased Therell There'll be a Republican congress congress congress' con con- gress gress' f elected In Jn November Iso The party will be bo back In power In 1 1916 16 Who ho will be the leader The Thc old man grew rew cautious I cant can't discuss L' L candidates candidate now ho tue answered He Hehe he hesitated slid spoke as If Ii dell llIn a n a weighty weicht opinion Three factors will h have vc to be considered The first Is IB capacity of ot the moan man The HC seCond his availability a the third his hh record as a n champion of or the principles of ot tho the Republican narty Wo We walked to th lb elevator together for Cannon In iii spite of or his strenuous was sas sasto to address ls farmer at a n. county fair fah it ii the far end of or the state on out t the morrow Ho lIe had to hurry hurty to supper t At D 45 c at nt night ho he was to catch a train rain Here was another phase of or this ic- ic man Ho He haul hajj just concluded n a twenty four campaign tour by hY train and automobile He lie had hal spent four rO d days days' lS In each of or the tho six counties of or his district die dis shaking IH hands with voters attend attending In convention and fairs fain and picnics and even oven funeral from early carh morning till III late Into at night Morning l alter morning he tie had hall taken a t 6 o'clock train trIn out ut of or Danville Darl to malta make engagements and he lie rarely went Wont to bed hell before 11 11 Ills nerve remains but his bod body Is nigh a n wreck The sham was too great reat I watched him plod ploll down tho the street I remembered that lint lie he was WR in hH hIM severity severity- ninth year jear When ho lue was wan born Andrew ax president Victoria w. w was W s not lIol ct et queen Michigan was wua us not a H state the war was vas 8 twenty five years in the tile future ii Lure How did Undo Uncle J The Joe e come com Lack back ck Uncle I Toe Joe replied tho first inan ma asked d. d No o better liked m inn in in ill the l Js i-Js I Hook folt and he lie Ie doWn don Vr- Vr street eel to the thus pt lcy federal building build build- IllS hug on one of or t the fittest finest i In Illinois and und e t I A 7 xi C J. J W-f W i V kf i i v Joseph Cr G- Gannon thoi which cost coat the government go t That street car continued m mj my in informant In In- formant goes to tho the old soldiers soldiers' rs' rs home which t time the l gov government built for Cor Dan Danville is ls' the headquarters headquarter c cf Cr the casl- casl era ern Illinois district of the federal court Uncle Joe did it all Certainly our old friend tho the pork barrel bar bar- rel rd Mr Reader Header Cannon they told nH flue me has 9 a a. a marvelous memory for Cor places and amI won and i n names After Alter a lapse o of ot fifty years 8 ho he calls men by byname ay name and remembers particulars particular of ot the last meeting That makes votes What hat else has hns Undo Uncle Joo Joe done Jone to como comae back jack I asked a n wise man I That nomination Easy EnS Uncle Joe know how to pick lieutenants In each I county he ho has mon nion who deliver the goods Remember Len Small who won notoriety us as Lorimers champion Ho Ito Is 9 man alan In Kankakee In Edgar count county county- he has Charles P. P Hitch In all the other counties he has men who carry the votes 0 of or their districts In their vest est pocket has Uncle Joo Joe come back I per per- elated The nomination Is Js no trial of or strength he answered His ills o opponent was easy Progressives and ancl Democrats will both have Javo candidates who will give Cannon the tho fight of or his lila life lito on election day |